Original U.S. Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Ames Sword Company - Dated 1906 IMA Merchandise BATF compliant non-firing Madsen Display

BATF compliant non-firing Madsen Display LMG assembled onto re-welded non operational shortened receiver

a mark that we have not been able to identify

This pattern is also found with a wrought iron ring sabot

probably due to interference from the spring

Naval Combat Swimming had now entered the Mission Essential Task List of the UDT

Original U.S. Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber with Scabbard by Ames Sword Company - Dated 1906 IMA Merchandise BATF compliant non-firing Madsen DisplayOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M 1906 U. S. Cavalry saber is almost exactly like its forefather, the M 1860 Cavalry Saber, used throughout the Civil War and on America's frontier during the Indian Wars. It was the last curved saber model produced for Cavalry, as with the evolution of vehicular transport horses were to become a thing of the past militarily after WWI. A straight Cavalry Sword, known as the "Patton" sword was introduced in 1913